Technical Manager Contracts in England

Technical Manager
UK > England

The median Technical Manager daily rate in England is £546 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 352 329
Rank change year-on-year +9 -23 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Manager 204 337 589
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.67% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.71% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 232 400
10th Percentile £354 £413 £424
25th Percentile £450 £463 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -6.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £638
90th Percentile £808 £721 £714
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 10
10th Percentile £28.25 - £33.00
25th Percentile £29.25 - £41.00
Median hourly rate £34.21 £70.00 £50.38
Median % change year-on-year -51.13% +38.96% +83.18%
75th Percentile - - £67.65
90th Percentile £43.53 - £70.25
UK median hourly rate £34.21 £67.50 £50.38
% change year-on-year -49.32% +34.00% +83.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,183 47,267 67,930
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,703 33,560 48,361
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,401 1,881
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Technical Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in England

Technical Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Technical Manager in England

Technical Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Manager in England

Technical Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Manager in England

Technical Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Manager in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Manager in England

Technical Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +24 112 £575 +4.55% 82
North of England +26 31 £500 - 55
South East +16 24 £525 +5.00% 76
North West +26 18 £500 - 36
East of England +17 14 £525 -19.23% 54
Yorkshire +16 13 £506 +12.50% 15
Midlands +22 12 £488 -7.14% 49
West Midlands +22 12 £488 -13.33% 30
South West +12 6 £500 -4.81% 41
Technical Manager
UK

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Technical Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 85 (41.67%) Project Management
2 63 (30.88%) Agile
3 54 (26.47%) Finance
4 45 (22.06%) Social Skills
5 39 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 32 (15.69%) Project Delivery
7 24 (11.76%) Change Management
8 22 (10.78%) Programme Management
9 21 (10.29%) Azure
10 20 (9.80%) Roadmaps
10 20 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (9.31%) Banking
11 19 (9.31%) Migration
11 19 (9.31%) Scrum
12 16 (7.84%) Risk Management
12 16 (7.84%) PMP
12 16 (7.84%) PMI Certification
12 16 (7.84%) Security Cleared
13 15 (7.35%) Degree
13 15 (7.35%) Microsoft
13 15 (7.35%) SAP
13 15 (7.35%) Waterfall
14 14 (6.86%) Public Sector
14 14 (6.86%) PRINCE2
14 14 (6.86%) ERP
15 13 (6.37%) SQL
15 13 (6.37%) SaaS
16 12 (5.88%) Product Management
16 12 (5.88%) QA
16 12 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.96%) SharePoint 2013
3 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.98%) CMS
5 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.49%) ColdFusion
5 1 (0.49%) Confluence
5 1 (0.49%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 9 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.49%) Maya
5 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.98%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.49%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.49%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.49%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.29%) Azure
2 13 (6.37%) SaaS
3 10 (4.90%) AWS
4 9 (4.41%) GCP
5 6 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.45%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.98%) Asana
8 2 (0.98%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.98%) iPaaS
8 2 (0.98%) Miro
8 2 (0.98%) PaaS
8 2 (0.98%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.49%) Contentful
9 1 (0.49%) GitHub
9 1 (0.49%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.49%) IaaS
9 1 (0.49%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.49%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.43%) WAN
2 6 (2.94%) LAN
2 6 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.45%) Firewall
3 5 (2.45%) VPN
3 5 (2.45%) Wireless
4 2 (0.98%) Broadband
4 2 (0.98%) Network Security
4 2 (0.98%) SAN
4 2 (0.98%) Skype
4 2 (0.98%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.98%) VoIP
5 1 (0.49%) DHCP
5 1 (0.49%) DNS
5 1 (0.49%) MPLS
5 1 (0.49%) NAS
5 1 (0.49%) NFC
5 1 (0.49%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.49%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.96%) Data Lake
2 3 (1.47%) Power BI
2 3 (1.47%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.98%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (0.98%) Metadata
3 2 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.49%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.49%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.41%) JIRA
General
1 54 (26.47%) Finance
2 45 (22.06%) Social Skills
3 19 (9.31%) Banking
4 14 (6.86%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.43%) Back Office
6 7 (3.43%) Retail
7 6 (2.94%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.45%) Front Office
8 5 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.47%) Automotive
9 3 (1.47%) Games
9 3 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.47%) Legal
9 3 (1.47%) Police
9 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.98%) French Language
10 2 (0.98%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.98%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.98%) OpenID
1 2 (0.98%) SAML
2 1 (0.49%) ADO
2 1 (0.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.49%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.49%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.92%) NHS
2 8 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.94%) Digital Media
3 6 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.96%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.96%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.47%) FMCG
6 3 (1.47%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.47%) PMI
6 3 (1.47%) Taxonomies
6 3 (1.47%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.98%) Derivative
7 2 (0.98%) Digital TV
7 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.98%) Social Media
7 2 (0.98%) STB
7 2 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.96%) Linux
1 4 (1.96%) Windows
2 2 (0.98%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.49%) AIX
3 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (41.67%) Project Management
2 63 (30.88%) Agile
3 39 (19.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 32 (15.69%) Project Delivery
5 24 (11.76%) Change Management
6 22 (10.78%) Programme Management
7 20 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (9.80%) Roadmaps
8 19 (9.31%) Migration
8 19 (9.31%) Scrum
9 16 (7.84%) Risk Management
10 15 (7.35%) Waterfall
11 14 (6.86%) ERP
11 14 (6.86%) PRINCE2
12 12 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (5.88%) Product Management
13 11 (5.39%) Decision-Making
13 11 (5.39%) Project Planning
14 10 (4.90%) Budget Management
15 9 (4.41%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.37%) SQL
2 9 (4.41%) Python
3 3 (1.47%) C#
4 2 (0.98%) Java
5 1 (0.49%) C
5 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (7.84%) PMI Certification
1 16 (7.84%) PMP
1 16 (7.84%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.35%) Degree
3 9 (4.41%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.96%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.96%) PgMP
6 3 (1.47%) HNC
6 3 (1.47%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.98%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.49%) APMG
8 1 (0.49%) APMP
8 1 (0.49%) CCNP
8 1 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.49%) FFIEC
8 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.88%) QA
2 6 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 6 (2.94%) ISO17020
3 5 (2.45%) SLA
4 3 (1.47%) GDPR
4 3 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.47%) PMO
5 2 (0.98%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.49%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.49%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.49%) NIST
6 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.49%) RMADS
6 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (1.47%) TrustSec
2 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.49%) Nessus
2 1 (0.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (7.35%) Microsoft
1 15 (7.35%) SAP
2 8 (3.92%) Cisco
2 8 (3.92%) Google
3 7 (3.43%) Splunk
4 4 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.98%) Guidewire
5 2 (0.98%) MuleSoft
5 2 (0.98%) Oracle
5 2 (0.98%) Salesforce
5 2 (0.98%) Temenos
5 2 (0.98%) VMware
6 1 (0.49%) AlgoSec
6 1 (0.49%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.49%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.49%) Genesys
6 1 (0.49%) Juniper
6 1 (0.49%) Red Hat